Top reasons to visit Lapland

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Lapland is a magical country, where the northern lights and many deer, where the whitest snow, where the real Santa Claus lives and the fairy tale turns into reality …

Children from all over the world are waiting for Santa Claus for Christmas, who will rush on reindeer from the icy country and give them presents.

Would you like to get into the fabulous world of childhood? Then we suggest you go to mysterious Lapland!

The magic of Lapland

Lapland is the northern province of Finland with the capital Rovaniemi at the Arctic Circle.

December to January comes here kaamos - season of twilight, or the so-called fifth season. But kaamos cannot be called a gloomy season, because there is a lot of bright New Year's lighting around, and the twilight sky shines with all the colors of the rainbow.

There are many attractions for tourists in Lapland:

The main goal of most tourists is to celebrate the New Year and get to know Santa Claus.

1. Skating rinks and modern ski stations, next to which there is a toboggan, snowmobile and snowshoe rental.
2. A winter snow scooter safari for speed lovers.
3. Dog sledding - you can admire the unspoiled nature while riding on the mirror surface of the icy lakes.
4. Visit to a Sami village - here you will get acquainted with the original culture of nomadic reindeer herders, visit a reindeer farm, try to throw a lasso.
5. Dishes of traditional cuisine - hospitable Sami will offer you to taste Stroganina reindeer with berry juice, local fish and mushrooms, northern berries, cloudberry and prince.
6. Visit to the Arctic Center, which presents the flora and fauna of the Arctic. So, there are about 60 species of northern animals.
7. Winter fishing - you will learn to navigate the ice in a special way, drill ice and even make coffee on ice.
8. Visit to the amethyst mine - the only one operating in Europe. Here you can get a purple gem for yourself.
9. Icebreaker ride in arctic waters.
10. Dinner and overnight in a castle made of ice and snow.

But the main goal of most tourists is to celebrate the New Year and get to know Santa Claus. Where does he live and does he receive guests?

Visiting a fairy tale

Santa's hut really looks fabulous. Both adults and children come here for the Christmas holidays, and for all the hospitable host finds a gift and a kind word.

Modern Santa has Muori's wife and Rudolph the deer … He also has many names: Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Per Noel, Santa Claus, Mikalaus, Joulupukki.

And he is actually the way we are used to seeing him in New Year's films: an old man in a red sheepskin coat and a hat with white fur, with a white beard and kind eyes. If you sit down next to him, he will surely ask you: "Were you good this year?" And you will find yourself in childhood again and believe in a dream …

By the way, Santa Claus has official address, to which you can send a letter with a personal request or wish:

Joulupukin kammari

96930 Napapiir

Rovaniemi, Finland

In order to read letters from all over the world, we created central post office of Santa Claus … Muori and gnome assistants work here. Once it was a single hut, but now a modern village has grown up here with gift workshops, a shopping center, a puppet theater and restaurants.

Santa's working day is from 10 to 18 hours: he receives guests, takes pictures with everyone and treats the kids to sweets. In addition, he sends gifts and runs the dwarf school.

Let's go to Santa Park

Santa Park Entertainment Center is 2 kilometers from the hut. The bus leaves there every 10 minutes.

Santa Park is an underground ice palace that always has a Christmas atmosphere.

On the way to it there is a deer farm with an area of 20 hectares. About 40 reindeer live here.

Santa Park is an underground ice palace that always has a Christmas atmosphere. There are 4 rides and plenty of entertainment.

So, magic carousel arrange for you a sleigh ride where you will see seasonal changes and northern landscapes. V multi-video center you will be shown a Christmas fairy tale in which Santa Claus rushes in a sleigh right above your head across the starry sky. And also here you can ride in cabins on a single railpeeping into the lives of fairy gnomes. And all this happens to the enchanting music.

And if in your life there is a place for joy, kindness and unexpected surprises, be sure to come to Lapland. After all, this is never forgotten!